RockHounds four-hit RoughRiders for victory

Published 7:00 pm, Wednesday, May 20, 2009

From staff reports

FRISCO - The Midland RockHounds broke out of their slump against Frisco on Wednesday with two two-run innings in a 5-2 victory at Dr Pepper Ballpark.

The win helped the reeling RockHounds maintain a two-game lead in the Texas League South Division standings as they improved to 21-18 this season. San Antonio, which beat Corpus Christi on Wednesday, Frisco and the Hooks are all two games behind the RockHounds in the standings.

On Wednesday night, Midland pitchers limited Frisco's lineup to four hits and the two runs came in the seventh inning for the RoughRiders.

By that time, the RockHounds had built a 5-0 lead thanks to two runs in the third and two runs in the sixth.

The big blow in the third was a two-run double by Chris Carter that scored Matt Sulentic and Archie Gilbert.

In the sixth, Tommy Everidge hit a two-out solo home run and then Josh Donaldson's double scored Matt Spencer for a 4-0 lead.

The 'Hounds added another run in the seventh when Gilbert's single brought in Sulentic.

Midland starter Bobby Cramer gave up the 2 runs on four hits with eight strikeouts and no walks. Relievers Jon Hunton and Mike Benacka combined to allow no hits and one strikeouts. Benacka recorded his second save of the season.

The four-game set concludes today to at 7 p.m. The RockHounds return home on Friday for the first of a four-game series against Corpus Christi.

ROSTER MOVES: The RockHounds announced three roster moves on Wednesday and a fourth is pending today. Reliever Jason Glushon (1-0, 10.43) was activated from the disabled list while starting pitcher Chris Farley (0-3, 8.18) was placed on the disabled list. Without Farley, the RockHounds have an opening in their rotation for Friday, but the team will make a move today to fill his spot in the rotation. In other moves, catcher Anthony Recker was promoted to Triple-A Sacramento. Recker hit .298 with three home runs and nine RBI in 16 games with Midland. His roster spot was filled by infielder Alex Valdez, who was promoted from Single-A Stockton and hit .258 with two home runs, 19 RBI and two steals in 33 games with the Ports. The RockHounds also placed reliever Arnold Leon (1-1, 4.35) on the disabled list. Right-handed reliever Jon Hunton was promoted from Single-A Stockton to fill Leon's roster spot. The 6-foot-9, 250-pound Hunton was 2-0 with a 1.80 ERA in 20 innings for the Ports.